Ben Schwartz

Teaching Fellow

Background

I joined the University of Edinburgh in 2025. Before that, I completed my PhD in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2025. 

Undergraduate teaching

Algorithmic Bias, 2025/2026, Year 4, Semester 1

Philosophy of Technology, 2025/2026, Year 3, Semester 2

Research summary

My primary research interests are in ethics, social & political philosophy, PPE, and ethics of technology. My current research focuses upon the impact of recent and emerging technologies on human flourishing.